Portsmouth must pay $150,000 back pay to fired police officer Aaron Goodwin, who was involved in a scandalous case of pressuring an elderly woman to leave him her $2.7 million fortune. The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the city must give Goodwin the back pay, which he was entitled to from June 2015 to August 2017. The court found that the city violated Goodwin's due process rights and lacked just cause to fire him. Goodwin was fired in 2015 after he reportedly used his position as a police officer to exert undue influence on Geraldine Webber, a 92-year-old woman with dementia. Goodwin helped write Webber's will so that he was left her fortune, but he never got the money. The will was challenged in court and Goodwin was ultimately left out in the cold. Goodwin's legal dramas continued in 2023 when he was charged with assaulting Mamadou Dembele outside Gilly's Diner. Also charged were his brother, Kevin Goodwin, and sister-in-law Shannon Goodwin. According to the Attorney General's Office, Dembele, a bank manager, was picking up food at the diner when he was accosted by the Goodwins, who hurled racial slurs at him. The Goodwins allegedly followed Dembele to the parking lot and continued their racist taunts. When two Asian American customers arrived to get food the Goodwins turned their racist attention to them, according to the Attorney General's Office. Dembele intervened and reportedly tried to address the racist comments with Shannon Goodwin, according to the Attorney General's Office. While Dembele was trying to speak with Shannon Goodwin, Aaron Goodwin walked behind him and threw him to the ground. Another man, also Black, tried to help Dembele, and he was allegedly assaulted by Kevin and Shannon Goodwin, according to the Attorney General's Office.